Robert Burton

Robert Burton: We can make...

Robert Burton: We can make...

We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.

Source: In The...

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Robert Burton: Idleness is an...

Robert Burton: Idleness is an...

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

Source: Anatomy of Melancholy, pt. 1, sct. 2,...

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Robert Burton: No rule is...

Robert Burton: No rule is...

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Robert Burton: Like dogs in...

Robert Burton: Like dogs in...

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor,...

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Robert Burton: Diseases . ....

Robert Burton: Diseases . ....

Diseases . . . crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples,...

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Robert Burton: A mere scholar,...

Robert Burton: A mere scholar,...

A mere scholar, a mere ass.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Robert Burton: All poets are...

Robert Burton: All poets are...

All poets are mad.

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
-- Robert Burton, (Feb 8...

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Robert Burton: A blow with...

Robert Burton: A blow with...

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Source: 'The Anatomy of...

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Robert Burton: From this it...

Robert Burton: From this it...

From this it is clear how much more cruel the pen is than the sword.

Source:...

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Robert Burton: Our wrangling lawyers...

Robert Burton: Our wrangling lawyers...

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients'...

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Robert Burton: All places are...

Robert Burton: All places are...

All places are distant from heaven alike.

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
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Robert Burton: All my joys...

Robert Burton: All my joys...

All my joys to this are folly,
Naught so sweet as Melancholy.


Source: Anatomy of...

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Robert Burton: I write of...

Robert Burton: I write of...

I write of melancholy, by being busy to avoid melancholy.

Source: 'The Anatomy of...

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Robert Burton: What can't be...

Robert Burton: What can't be...

What can't be cured must be endured.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Robert Burton: They are proud...

Robert Burton: They are proud...

They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Robert Burton: What is a...

Robert Burton: What is a...

What is a ship but a prison?

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' [The thought was...

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Robert Burton: If there is...

Robert Burton: If there is...

If there is a hell upon earth, it is to be found in a melancholy man's heart.

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Robert Burton: The devil is...

Robert Burton: The devil is...

The devil is the author of confusion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Robert Burton: Be not solitary,...

Robert Burton: Be not solitary,...

Be not solitary, be not idle.

Source: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy', the closing...

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Robert Burton: Old friends become...

Robert Burton: Old friends become...

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Source:...

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